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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Air Serbia to deploy A330 on regional routes

NEWS FLASH

Air Serbia will utilise its first wide-body jet, an Airbus A330-200, on regional routes in the lead-up to its deployment to New York on June 23. The aircraft could enter service as early as Friday, although changes are possible. The first routes which are likely to see the jet include Podgorica, Banja Luka, Zagreb and Sarajevo. The exact destinations and dates are also subject to approvals from local regulators. Furthermore, the short flights will be used for crew familiarisation purposes. A total of 28 pilots and ninety cabin crew members have undergone training for the aircraft. The jet arrived from Abu Dhabi to Belgrade last night where it underwent a complete cabin refit. The aircraft, registered YU-ARA, will carry the name Nikola Tesla, marking a break in tradition from the airline's "living legends of Serbia" name campaign.

I would have prefered "City of Belgrade/Beograd". But Tesla is okay as well, I guess. Perhaps its a bit overused these days. Mihajlo Pupin and Milutin Milanković should be next in line, when the time comes.

Oh please let us know if they will fly to Zagreb. Im ready to do an one day trip to Belgrade, never been there. Hope they will offer promo fares for these flights, if ~100€ im the first one to buy a ticket. Kučko, look at regional leaders!

Don't forget that Etihad is responsible for pretty much everything in Air Serbia. And there is great difference between private owned airlines and state owned. For government owned company like OU it is success that it is running on modern fleet, that it is running with no significant debts and that there are plans for airlines' future.

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All 48 people onboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it crashed into a mountain in northern Pakistan on Wednesday. Flight PK661 from Chitral to Islamabad crashed at 16:42 (4.42pm) local time about 70km north of Islamabad. The airline said there were no survivors. The plane, an ATR 42-500, was carrying 42 passengers, five crew members and one engineer, according to the airline. Forty-five were Pakistani citizens, two were Austrians and one Chinese. A Pakistani ex-pop star, turned Muslim preacher, Junaid Jamshed and Deputy Commissioner for Chitral District Osama Ahmed Warraich were reported to be on the flight. Very few of the bodies could be identified visually, with most burned beyond recognition, officials said. Recovery efforts continued into the night to remove body parts. A government official said that witness reports indicated that the aircraft was on fire before it hit the ground. Other reports suggested the ATR had suffered engine problems immediately prior to the crash. An investigation is ongoing, but the carrier has insisted strict checks left "no room for any technical error". "I want to make it clear that it was a perfectly sound aircraft", PIA Chairman, Muhammad Azam Saigol, said. "I think there was no technical error or human error". Plane crashes are not uncommon in Pakistan, but the last major crash involving a PIA aircraft was in 2006, in which 44 people died.